26 February 2011

Solidarnosc

To Public Service Workers in the State of Wisconsin

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

On behalf of the 700,000 members of the Polish Trade Union NSZZ “Solidarnosc” (Solidarity) I wish to express our solidarity and support for your struggle against the recent assault on trade unions and trade union rights unleashed by Governor Scott Walker.

We are witnessing yet another attempt of transferring the costs of the economic crisis and of the failed financial policies to working people and their families. As much as some adjustments are necessary, we can not and must not agree that the austerity measures are synonymous with union-busting practices, the elimination of bargaining rights and the reduction of social benefits and wages.

Dear friends, please rest assured that our thoughts are with you during your protest, as we truly do hope that your just fight for decent working and living conditions, for the workers’ rights will be successful.

Your victory is our victory as well.

In Solidarity,

Piotr Duda
President

20 February 2011

Snow was falling all over the land.

Come on, children, come on.

Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16

from the album Washington County, Arlo Guthrie, 1970

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Come on Children

Allan King, 1972

18 February 2011

"The global market selects out a tiny group of privileged babies who are born in certain parts of certain towns in certain countries, and these babies are allowed to lead privileged lives. Some will be scientists, some will be bankers. Some will command, rule, and grow fantastically rich, and others will become more modestly paid intellectuals or teachers or artists. But all the members of this tiny group will have the chance to develop their minds and realize their talents."

" ... the division of labor, as now practiced, is inherently immoral, and we must somehow learn a different way to share out all the work that needs to be done."

from "Why I Call Myself a Socialist: Is the World Really a Stage?"
(2009)
Wallace Shawn
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11 February 2011

11-February-2011, 18h03: He's gone. He's resigned. 30 years of Mubarak rule is over. Omar Suleiman says:

President Hosni Mubarak has waived the office of president